WillLPower
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Fetch Clay, Make Man
Written by Will Power
Directed by Des McAnuff
In the days leading up to one of Cassius Clay's most anticipated fights, the heavyweight boxing champion forms an unlikely friendship with the controversial Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit. With a rhythmic script by award-winning performer and playwright Will Power, who received rave reviews for his hip-hop productions of Flow and The Seven at NYTW, and direction by Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff (The Who's Tommy, Jersey Boys), FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN explores the improbable bond that forms between two drastically different and influential cultural icons. One a vibrant and audacious youth, the other a resentful and almost forgotten relic – as they fight to form their public personas and shape their legacies amidst the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s. This true story is as powerful and poetic as Clay himself while also humorous and irreverent like Fetchit's signature act. Finding commonality in contradiction, FETCH CLAY examines the true meaning of strength, resilience and pride.
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Steven Hoggett
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What’s it All About? Bacharach Reimagined
Music by Burt Bacharach
Lyrics by Hal David and others
Musical Arrangements by Kyle Riabko
Directed by Steven Hoggett
The enduring music of Burt Bacharach is given new life in this energetic evening of musical celebration. Twenty-five-year-old musician and actor Kyle Riabko (Spring Awakening, Hair) performs his unique, soulful arrangements of the Bacharach songbook backed by an eclectic group of young performers. Steven Hoggett, whose award-winning choreography was featured in such diverse pieces as Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Black Watch, returns to NYTW for a third time. What's It All About? is a reintroduction to the timeless music of Burt Bacharach through the eyes and ears of a new generation. |
Caryl Churchill |
Love and Information
Written by Caryl Churchill
Directed by James Macd onald
Renowned playwright Caryl Churchill returns for her seventh American premiere at New York Theatre Workshop (which have included productions of Far Away and A Number) with a theatrical kaleidoscope exploring more than a hundred characters as they try to make sense of what they find out.
Churchill pairs with award-winning director James Macdonald (A Number, Blasted, Top Girls) to create what The Guardian heralds as the "play that everyone should see." LOVE AND INFORMATION reaffirms Churchill's continued ability to reinvent herself as a playwright and keep her finger on the pulse of contemporary life featuring her signature wit, candor and nimble use of language.
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